by Ed Stetzer | Oct 8, 2020 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Small Church / Rural Church
What are the things that undergird the church itself? The idea of being a part of a ‘driven church’ is something we hear about a lot right now. It seems like there should be a certain purpose or set of purposes that should be motivating churches in the work that...
by Bill Tenny-Brittian | Oct 6, 2020 | Communication / Preaching, Discipleship, Small Church / Rural Church
“So, what about online discipleship? How do you make that work?” A quick perusal of churches on the internet reveals that the US church is all over the map in terms of virtual discipleship offerings. Many churches have virtually nothing at all (pun intended!). Some...
by Steve Sjogren | Sep 24, 2020 | Church Revitalization, Outreach and Evangelism, Servant Evangelism
It doesn’t take a large crew to make leave a big footprint. Victory in God’s kingdom has always gone to the underdogs. God nearly always anoints a minuscule group to do his bidding. I find this encouraging since all that I have started has been small – usually for a...
by Bob Logan | Sep 9, 2020 | Church Planting, International Church Planting, Outreach and Evangelism
As you coach and develop more leaders, your ministry organization grows. This reality often creates challenges for leaders. They quickly find that what they’ve been doing successfully suddenly doesn’t work anymore. The senior leader who has been developing other...
by Bill Tenny-Brittian | Aug 17, 2020 | Church Health, Church Revitalization, Small Church / Rural Church
Prior to March 11, my wife and I went to the cinema almost every Friday. Thankfully, we mostly have the same taste in movies, so we saw a lot of action and adventure, some mystery, an occasional sci-fi, some rom-coms, and even a few Hallmark wannabe’s. A bucket of...
